diff --git a/internal/tui/components/completions/completions.go b/internal/tui/components/completions/completions.go
index 5a6bcfe92e23f38c3f40c84770a0dcc9893e59d5..dd39fa834c053d752289d608faabdbe0a199ca37 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/completions/completions.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/completions/completions.go
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ func (c *completionsCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		itemsLen := len(c.list.Items())
 		c.height = max(min(maxCompletionsHeight, itemsLen), 1)
 		cmds = append(cmds, c.list.SetSize(c.width, c.height))
-		if itemsLen == 0 {
-			// Close completions if no items match the query
-			cmds = append(cmds, util.CmdHandler(CloseCompletionsMsg{}))
-		}
 		return c, tea.Batch(cmds...)
 	}
 	return c, nil